February 2025

Bird News February 2025

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Friday 28th February

• Bankside: 2 Lesser Redpoll (Conrad Ellam)

• Barking Riverside: 2 Oystercatcher, 20 Redshank, 6 Common Sandpiper, 4 Teal, 2 Stonechat, 16 Shelduck, 30 Linnet (Tim Bray)

• Beddington Farmlands: Shelduck, Wigeon, 3 Water Rail, 16 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, Mediterranean Gull, Little Egret, Red Kite, Buzzard, Rook, 7 Skylark, Firecrest, 8 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 8 Meadow Pipit (eBird)

• Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing (Conrad Ellam)

• Fairlop Waters CP: 18 Golden Plover, Lapwing, Buzzard (eBird)

• Hornchurch CP: Skylark, Stonechat, Buzzard, Chaffinch, Redwing (Nicholas Barnett)

• Kew Gardens: 3 Shoveler, 4 Pochard, 4 Little Grebe [incl pr nest building], Red Kite, 16 Stock Dove, 8 Redwing, Nuthatch (Neil Anderson)

• London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit, 2 Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Shelduck, 2 Little Grebe, 42 Wigeon (WWT)

• Rainham Marshes: 30 Shelduck, 28 Avocet, 40 Lapwing, 14 Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Snipe, 40 Redshank, 5 Dunlin, Marsh Harrier, 2 Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit (eBird)

• Richmond Park: 17+ Buzzard including three displaying pairs and others passing through, 7 Red Kite, 2 Peregrine (J Wilczur)

Thursday 27th February

• Amwell NR: Red-necked Grebe still on Sheepcote Pit this morning, 7 Goldeneye, 2 Oystercatcher from viewpoint (Simon Papps)

• Bankside: 2 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Chiffchaff (Reuben Braddock)

• Beddington Farmlands: 2 Shelduck, Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, Lapwing, Mediterranean Gull, 2 Firecrest, 2 Stonechat, Skylark (eBird)

• Bow Creek: 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Common Sandpiper, 4 Redshank, Water Rail flushed from ecology ponds, 4 Shelduck, 20 Teal, Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler (Tim Bray)

• Brent Reservoir: 8 Teal, 5 Snipe, Coal Tit, Blackcap, Goldcrest, 3 Redwing (eBird)

• Brookmill Park: 5 Redwing, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)

• East India Dock Basin: 8 Shelduck, 4 Teal (Tim Bray)

• Fairlop Waters CP: 25 Golden Plover, Skylark (eBird)

• Harefield GPs: 4 Red Kite, Gadwall pr , Great Crested Grebe pr displaying , Song Thrush (Nigel Barratt)

• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 4 Red Kite, 40+ Herring Gull, 2 Raven pr circling above M25, J9 (Neil Batten)

• London Wetland Centre: Water Pipit, 2 Oystercatcher, Sparrowhawk, 9 Siskin (WWT); 2 Bearded Tit pr (Jon Reeves)

• Staines Moor: 2 Short-eared Owl, Barn Owl, Red Kite, Buzzard, Kestrel, Linnet, Meadow Pipit, Redwing, Chiffchaff, Stonechat, Green Woodpecker (Andrew Peel/Shelagh Taylor/Sharanjit)

• Totteridge Valley/Darlands lake: 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Mandarin Duck, Collared Dove, Coot, 33 Black-headed Gull, 35 Common Gull, 2 Red Kite, Kestrel, 20 Rook, 2 Skylark, 4 Goldcrest, Firecrest, 4 Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush, 35 Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, Hawfinch, 5 Bullfinch, 11 Greenfinch, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Siskin (Samuel Levy)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: 4 Teal, 2 Water Rail, 2 Snipe (eBird)

• Warren Farm: 3 Red Kite, Buzzard, 6 Skylark, 15 Linnet (Neil Anderson)

• Woodberry Wetlands: 7 Redpoll feeding in Silver Birches along New River path near entrance (Richard Beesly)

Wednesday 26th February

• Bankside: 2 Lesser Redpoll [showing well in Birches NE of Tate Modern], 3 Chiffchaff [incl 2 in subsong] at 07.30 (Davey Leach)

• Beddington Farmlands: 3 Shelduck, 5 Snipe, 5 Little Egret, Redwing, Water Pipit (eBird)

• Dagenham Chase LNR: 43 Wigeon, Lapwing, 3 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Red Kite, 4 Rook, 2 Redwing (eBird)

• London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatcher, Little Grebe, 60+ Wigeon (WWT)

• Middlesex Filter Beds: 2 Firecrest, 5 Teal (Marcin Kempa)

• Newton Park West: Chiffchaff singing [1st here since autumn] (Michael Robinson)

• Wanstead Park: 2 Firecrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Siskin (eBird)

Tuesday 25th February

• Bankside: Lesser Redpoll continuing, 4+ Chiffchaff, Moorhen [scarce here] (Reuben Braddock)

• Baker Street: m Black Redstart (Samuel Levy/Max Hellicar)

• Beckton Creekside NR: 2 Oystercatcher, Curlew, 2 Common Sandpiper, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Redshank, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 2 Raven, Rock Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting (eBird)

• Beddington Farmlands: 4 Shelduck, Pintail, 40 Teal, Wigeon, Pheasant, 2 Water Rail, 6 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Mediterranean Gull, Red Kite, Raven, 4 Little Egret, Barn Owl, Tawny Owl, 2 Skylark, 2 Firecrest, 4 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 7 Stonechat, 4 Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit (eBird)

• Brent Reservoir: 13 Teal, Water Rail, 13 Snipe, Jackdaw, 4 Redwing, 12 Siskin (eBird)

• Brixton: Peregrine hunting over Windrush Square 16.00 (Tony Stones)

• Fairlop Waters CP: 25 Golden Plover, 2 Lapwing, Red Kite, Buzzard (eBird)

• KGV Res: 2 Great Northern Diver, m Smew, Black-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, m Scaup, no gull roost on S Basin - the main reason for my visit (A Middleton); Pheasant, 2 Oysteratcher, Black-throated Diver, 4 Buzzard,, Skylark, Stonechat, 6 Meadow Pipit (eBird)

• London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatcher, Little Grebe, 64 Wigeon (WWT)

• Middlesex Filter Beds: f Shoveler [my first ever here], 8 Teal (Marcin Kempa)

• Regents Park: 2 Little Owl, Common Snipe (Samuel Levy/ Max Hellicar)

Monday 24th February

• Beddington Farmlands: 3 Shelduck, Water Rail, 18 Lapwing, 15 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, Caspian Gull, Barn Owl, Raven, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Skylark, 4 Stonechat, 2 Firecrest, 12 Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit (eBird)

• Epping Forest "Connaught Water/Chingford Plain": Kingfisher, 8 Grey Heron, Stonechat, Red Kite, Kestrel (RSa)

• Hilly Fields, Lewisham: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Redwing (Tom Moulton et al)

• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Raven low SW 12.16, returned approx 13.55 & displayed for 5 minutes whilst perched on Pylon before flying off SW again. 40+ Black-headed Gull W, 2 Cormorant W, Buzzard, 50+ Herring Gull, f Peregrine circling before departing SE 13.15 (Neil Batten)

• London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, Black Swan, Little Grebe, 60+ Wigeon, 50 Lapwing, Kestrel (WWT)

• Rainham Marshes: 5 Shelduck, 10 Pintail, 30 Teal, 150 Lapwing, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 4 Redshank, Marsh Harrier, 2 Skylark, 8 Stonechat, Reed Bunting (eBird)

• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 3 Teal, Collared Dove, Coot, 14 Common Gull, Sparrowhawk, Little Owl, Kestrel, 3 Coal Tit, 8 Skylark, 7 Goldcrest, Firecrest, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 2 Mistle Thrush, 20 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 4 Bullfinch, 6 Greenfinch (Samuel Levy)

• Walthamstow Marshes: 7 Snipe, 2 Little Egret, 2 Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting (eBird)

Sunday 23rd February

• Beddington Farmlands: 4 Shelduck, Wigeon, 21 Lapwing, 2 Water Rail, Jack Snipe, 12 Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Mediterranean Gull, Raven, 2 Little Egret, 4 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, Firecrest, 5 Skylark, 15 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit (eBird)

• Brent Reservoir: 22 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 22 Gadwall, 8 Pochard, 3 Snipe, 142 Common Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch (Samuel Levy)

• Harefield GP & Frays Valley: Red-necked Grebe (eBird)

• Horton CP: Water Rail on Meadow Pond (Bob Smith)

• KGV Reservoir: 7 Wigeon, 18 Goldeneye, Slavonian Grebe, Raven, 2 Meadow Pipit (eBird)

• London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 2 Oystercatcher, Black Swan, 2 Little Grebe, 8 Redwing, 60+ Wigeon, 50 Lapwing (WWT)

• Mill Hill, NW7 “garden” 5 Redpoll, m Blackcap, 2 Chaffinch pr, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Coal Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit. 3 Ring-necked Parakeet (Steve Blake)

• Priest Hill: 4 Stonechat associating w/ the cattle, 19 Redwing, Meadow Pipit, 13 Common Gull (Neil Batten)

• Rainham Marshes: 8 Avocet, 45 Lapwing, Curlew, 3 Snipe, 9 Redshank, Dunlin, 2 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Kestrel, 5 Pintail, 5 Linnet, 4 Cetti's warbler, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, (Ari Weiler-Ofek)

• St Mary Cray: Chiffchaff feeding along River Cray SE of Nugent's Retail Park (Jack Headley)

• Ten Acre Wood area: m Pheasant, 3 Red Kite, Buzzard, 6 Skylark, Meadow Pipit, 6 Stonechat [3 & 3 at different locations] (Neil Anderson)

• Walthamstow Marshes: 3 Goldeneye, Caspian Gull, Buzzard, Skylark, Stonechat (eBird)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: 11 Barnacle Goose, 2 Shelduck, Pheasant, 2 Water Rail, Snipe, 2 Kingfisher, Goldcrest, 4 Reed Bunting (eBird)

• Wandle River along the Ram Quarter, SW18: Kingfisher going upstream about 10.30 (Manuel Lovell)

• Yeading Brook meadows: 4 Red Kite, 3 Snipe, ad breeding plumage Mediterranean Gull [patch tick], c150 Common Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 4 Redwing (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 22nd February

• Beddington Farmlands: Pheasant, 44 Lapwing, Snipe, 6 Green Sandpiper, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 10 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, Firecrest, 3 Stonechat, Water Pipit, 4 Skylark, 4 Siskin (eBird)

• Brent Reservoir: 21 Teal, Water Rail, 23 Snipe, Coal Tit, Blackcap (eBird)

• Denham Quarry Lake: Red-necked Grebe currently on main lake (William Atkinson)

• East India Dock Basin/Bow Creek: 4 Shelduck, 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, Great Black-backed Gull, Sparrowhawk (Brodie Adu-Yeboah)

• Ewell, Banstead Road: 4 Pheasant, Buzzard, f Kestrel all in grounds of Everlast Gym (Neil Batten)

• Hampstead Heath: Barn Owl early morning (Hampstead Heath Birders)

• Hemans Estate Community Garden, Stockwell: m Blackbird rarely seen here now, House Sparrows no longer here since last Summer (Michael Mac)

• Hogsmill NR: 3 Little Grebe, 4 Shoveler, adult Mediterranean Gull (Nick Tanner)

• KGV Reservoir: 2 Goldeneye, Smew, Slavonian Grebe, 2 Great Northern Diver, 19 Meadow Pipit (eBird);, Black-necked Grebe, Black-throated Diver, 16 Goldeneye, 18 Little Grebe, 3 Goosander, 2 Stonechat, Chiffchaff (A Middleton)

• Lincoln’s Inn, WC2: c5 Redwing about 14.00 (Ken Murray)

• London Wetland Centre: Black Swan, Mediterranean Gull, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Redwing, 60+ Wigeon, 56 Lapwing, Kestrel (WWT); Kestrel seen catching Vole sp by boardwalk, Bittern, 5 Siskin (Michael Robinson)

• Northolt & Greenford CP: 2 Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Kingfisher, 3 Meadow Pipit, Redwing, 2 Siskin pr w/ 4 Lesser Redpoll, 7 Greenfinch, 8 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)

• Rainham Marshes: 4 Water Rail, 6 Oystercatcher, Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Buzzard, Raven, Redwing, 4 Stonechat, Rock Pipit (eBird)

• Southwark Park: m Mandarin Duck (John & Janet Cadera)

• Totteridge Valley: c40 Common Gull, Little Owl, 2 Skylark, 2 Stonechat, 2 Redwing, 2 Rook, 4 Greenfinch (John Colmans)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Shelduck, 3 Teal, Water Rail, Common Sandpiper, Caspian Gull, 2 Stonechat (eBird)

Friday 21st February

• Amwell NR: Red-necked Grebe on Sheepscote & inside London Recording Area according to map, Smew (Birdguides)

• Beddington Farmlands: 10 Shelduck, 90 Teal, 2 Water Rail, 48 Lapwing, Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper, Mediterranean Gull, 7 Little Egret, Red Kite, Buzzard, 8 Skylark, 2 Firecrest, 3 Redwing,2 Fieldfare, 6 Meadow Pipit, 3 Water Pipit, 4 Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting (eBird)

• Bow Creek: 6 Shelduck, Redshank, 31 Teal, Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler heard from Ecology Ponds (Tim Bray)

• Brent Reservoir: 10 Teal, 2 Water Rail, 4 Snipe, Sparrowhawk, 2 Cetti's Warbler (eBird)

• Crossness: 40 Shelduck, 200 Teal, 100 Gadwall, 50 Shoveler, 10 Wigeon, Buzzard, Kestrel, 50 Lapwing, 200 Dunlin, 50 Redshank, 50 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Snipe, Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Stonechat (Conrad Ellam)

• East India Dock Basin: Shelduck (Tim Bray)

• Golders Hill Park: m Blackcap singing in Stumpery, 40 Redwing w/ Goldfinch & 2 Chaffinch in deer enclosure, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Egyptian Goose pr (James Levy)

• KGV Reservoir: Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, Slavonian Grebe, Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Diver, 5 Meadow Pipit (eBird)

• London Wetland Centre: 2 Oystercatcher, Little Grebe, 2 Siskin, 60+ Lapwing, 65+ Wigeon (WWT)

• Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 4 Goldcrest, 6 Firecrest, 3 Jackdaw, Coal Tit (Ron Turner)

• Staines Reservoirs: 2 Red-breasted Merganser, 2 Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe, 10 Black-necked Grebe (Oscar Dewhurst/Charles Dewhurst)

• Tooting Common: f Ferruginous Duck still (eBird)

• Totteridge Valley: Jack Snipe, 3 Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, 20 Rook, Coal Tit, 5 Skylark, Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush, 3 Stonechat, 2 Bullfinch, 10 Siskin, Coot, 2 Egyptian Goose, 61 Common Gull, 3 Peregrine, 6 Redwing, 2 Grey Wagtail, Linnet (Samuel Levy)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Shelduck, 7 Teal, Goldeneye, Pheasant, 3 Water Rail, Common Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk, Skylark, 2 Stonechat (eBird)

Thursday 20th February

• Beddington Farmlands: 4 Shelduck, 45 Teal, Water Rail, 37 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, Dunlin, Tawny Owl, 3 Skylark, 2 Redwing, 3 Stonechat, 2 Siskin (eBird)

• East India Dock Basin: 3 Shelduck (eBird)

• Fishers Green: Goosander, Teal, Wigeon [heard only], c14 Barnacle Goose, 5 Fieldfare (Phil Rhodes)

• Greenwich Park: Grey Wagtail, 2 Little Grebe (Ray Crouch)

• Greenwich Peninsular: Chiffchaff singing (Stephen Briley)

• London Wetland Centre: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker by the entrance lake, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Redwing, 2 Siskin, 4 Goldfinch, 80+ Wigeon, 66+ Lapwing (WWT)

• Staines Reservoir: Great Northern Diver, 4 Black-necked Grebe, Goldeneye, Teal, Wigeon, Gadwall, Common Sandpiper, Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail (Andrew Peel/Toni Menezes/Sharanjit)

• Tooting Common: f Ferruginous Duck still (eBird)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: 3 Teal, Goldeneye, Water Rail, Meadow Pipit (eBird)

Wednesday 19th February

• Bankside: Lesser Redpoll, Chiffchaff (Reuben Braddock)

• Beddington Farmlands: 2 Shelduck, 35 Lapwing, 7 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, Buzzard, 2 Firecrest, 8 Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Water Pipit (eBird)

• Brookmill Park: Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest (Conrad Ellam)

• Hainault Farm: 7 Yellowhammer, Corn Bunting, 4 Brambling, Stonechat, c100 Chaffinch, 400 Linnet - probably more as 3 separate flocks, 30 Skylark, 300 Woodpigeon, Red Kite, 2 Grey Heron over {stag Roe Deer in copse} (Michael Mac)

• London Wetland Centre: 5 Brent Goose, 2 Shelduck, 107 Shoveler, 86 Wigeon, 2 Bittern, Snipe, 2 Oystercatcher, Water Pipit, 10 Siskin (WWT)

• Malden Rushett, Rushett Farm: Red Kite {2 Roe Deer} am (Neil Batten)

• Mill Hill "garden": 2 Red Kite, 6 Redpoll, 2 m Blackcap, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Collared Dove, f Chaffinch, 11+ Goldfinch, 3 Coal Tit (Steve Blake)

• Pinner, HA5: m Sparrowhawk standing in River Pinn (Nigel Barratt)

• Rainham Marshes: 8 Pintail, 20 Avocet, 2 Curlew, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, Marsh Harrier, 3 Stonechat, 2 Rock Pipit (eBird)

• Staines Moor: 3 Water Pipit, Green Sandpiper, 9 Stonechat, 4 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Red Kite, Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 4 Little Egret, 2 Teal, 25+ Meadow Pipit, 5 Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail (Richard Beesly)

• Staines Reservoirs: 2 Red-breasted Merganser, Slavonian Grebe, 10 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Great Northern Diver, 19 Goldeneye, 3 Shelduck, 6 Teal, 50+ Wigeon, 4 Shoveler, 7 Red Kite, Buzzard (Richard Beesly)

• Walthamstow Marshes: 16 Snipe, Goldcrest, 7 Redwing, Stonechat, 3 Reed Bunting (eBird)

Tuesday 18th February

• Bankside: Blackcap (Reuben Braddock)

• Battersea Power Station: Black Redstart, 12 Grey Wagtail (eBird)

• Beddington Farmlands: 4 Shelduck, Water Rail, Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Firecrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 12 Redwing (eBird)

• Blackheath: Red Kite flew low over the west side of the heath (Geoff Torry)

• Fairlop Waters CP: 21 Golden Plover, 31 Lapwing (eBird)

• Holyfield Lake: 6 [inc 2m] Goosander (Adam Wilson)

• Lakeside, EN2: 5 Shoveler [3m 2f), 2 Egyptian Goose pr, 2 Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker at 14.30 (Davey Leach)

• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": 2 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard (Neil Batten)

• London Wetland Centre: 2 Goosander, 78 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, Oystercatcher, Bearded Tit, 13 Siskin, Redpoll, 2 Shelduck (WWT)

• Ruislip Lido/Poor's Field: 6 Gadwall [3 pr], 2 Wigeon pr, 5 Shoveler, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, Kestrel (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)

• Stoneleigh, KT17: 3 Redwing in The Glade am (Neil Batten)

• Thamesmead: 3 Buzzard over S (John Cadera)

• Tooting Common: f Ferruginous Duck still (eBird)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: Shelduck, Goldeneye, Snipe, Kingfisher, 2 Stonechat (eBird)

• Woodberry Wetlands: Water Rail, 2 Redpoll (G James)

Monday 17th February

• Beddington Farmlands: 7 Shelduck, 3 Water Rail, 58 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2 Buzzard, Barn Owl, 12 Redwing, 4 Stonechat, 3 Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit (eBird)

• Bushy Park: Mediterranean Gull, Little Egret, Little Owl, Nuthatch, 7 Treecreeper, 10 Stonechat (eBird)

• Copped Hall, Cobbins Brook: 80 Skylark, Nuthatch (A Middleton)

• Fairlop Waters CP: 31 Golden Plover in field opposite Hainault Recreation ground, 36 Lapwing, 30 Skylark, 6 Brambling, Corn Bunting, 8 Yellowhammer (eBird)

• Fulham Reach [part of WeBS]: 2 Shelduck pr (Neil Anderson)

• Kentish Town, Castle Road: m Blackcap tchack-tchack-tchacking aggressively at 14.45 (Paul White)

• KGV Reservoir: Scaup, Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, Slavonian Grebe, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, 2 Mistle Thrush (eBird)

• Ladywell Fields: Sparrowhawk, 5 Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Mandarin Duck, Mistle Thrush (Tom Moulton et al)

• London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 86 Wigeon, 115 Shoveler, 78 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 17 Siskin, 2 Redpoll (WWT)

• St Paul's Cray: Blackcap sub singing in Broom Avenue front garden 14.38 (Jack Headley)

• Rainham Marshes: 4 Shelduck, Water Rail, 2 Oystercatcher, Dunlin, 100 Lapwing, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Snipe, 5 Redshank, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Rock Pipit (eBird)

• Tooting Common: f Ferruginous Duck still, Firecrest (eBird)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: 3 Shelduck, 3 Goldeneye, 3 Snipe, Raven, 2 Goldcrest (eBird)

• Wormwood Scrubs: Stonechat (Francis O'Sullivan)

Sunday 16th February

• Beddington Farmlands: 10 Shelduck, Water Rail, 39 Lapwing, Jack Snipe, 3 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 11 Little Egret, Stonechat, 4 Meadow Pipit, 3 Water Pipit (eBird)

• Brent Reservoir: 14 Snipe, Red Kite, Fieldfare (eBird)

• Crossness Sewage Works: Oystercatcher, Stonechat (eBird)

• KGV Reservoir: m Scaup, Slavonian Grebe, Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Diver, Grey Wagtail (Ian Strickland); m Smew on N Basin, m Black Restart along W side of S Basin, Black-necked Grebe, 11 Goldeneye inc 6 males, also on S Basin, 13.30 to 15.30 (Davey Leach); 2 Goosander, 2 Stonechat (eBird)

• London Wetland Centre: Water Rail (Shailesh Patel); Peregrine, 2 Bittern, 86 Wigeon, 77 Lapwing, 6+ Siskin, Water Pipit (WWT)

• Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 40+ Redwing, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Firecrest, 2 Buzzard (Ron Turner)

• Rainham Marshes: 30 Shelduck, 4 Brent Goose, 54 Pintail, 21 Avocet, 3 Oystercatcher, 7 Grey Plover, 850 Lapwing, 8 Curlew, 123 Black-tailed Godwit, 43 Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 61 Redshank, Knot, 97 Dunlin, 2 Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, 8 Marsh Harrier, 3 Peregrine, 15 Skylark, Fieldfare, 3 Stonechat, 3 Water Pipit, 4 Rock Pipit (eBird)

• Ten Acre Wood area: Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, Kestrel, Snipe, 4 Skylark, Grey Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 4+ Redwing (Neil Anderson)

• Tooting Common: f Ferruginous Duck still (eBird)

• Tottenham Marsh: Dartford Warbler still present, m Stonechat (Adam Wilson)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: Red-necked Grebe, Kingfisher, 2 Shelduck (Ian Strickland); Goldeneye, Water Rail, Common Sandpiper (eBird)

• Yeading Brook meadows: 2 Teal pr, Little Egret, 4+ Red Kite, Snipe, 35 Common Gull (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 15th February

• Beddington Farmlands: 3 Shelduck, Water Rail, 35 Lapwing, Snipe, Green Sandpiper (eBird)

• Bushy Park: Dartford Warbler, Little Owl (Mark Wardman)

• Hyde Park "south Parade Ground": Fieldfare (David Jeffreys)

• Kempton Park NR: Firecrest male near PJ hide 16.24, Kingfisher, Kestrel, m Bullfinch reported (Franko J Maroevic)

• KGV Reservoir: m Scaup, 13 Goldeneye, Slavonian Grebe, Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Diver, Redwing (eBird)

• London Wetland Centre: Black-tailed Godwit, Oystercatcher, Snipe, Water Pipit, 5 Siskin, Redpoll, Kestrel, 2 Little Grebe, 69 Lapwing, 71 Wigeon, 65 Shoveler (WWT)

• Nonsuch Park: Firecrest (Danny Ramsay per Bob Smith)

• Rainham Marshes: 2 Brent Goose, Curlew, 12 Avocet, 33 Redshank, 2 Dunlin, 38 Black-tailed Godwit, Mediterranean Gull, 3 Raven, Skylark, 2 Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit (eBird)

• Swaleleys Park: 4 Mandarin Duck, 6 Siskin (Michael Robinson)

• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 3 Egyptian Goose, c140 Common Gull, 2 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 8 Rook, 8 Greenfinch, 2 Bullfinch (John Colmans)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: Red-necked Grebe still on Lockwood largely but also seen briefly on Low Maynard, Stonechat (Walthamstow birders)

• Woodberry Wetlands: Caspian Gull, 2 Shelduck, 6 Teal, 3 Redpoll (Chris Farthing)

Friday 14th February

• Beckton Creekside SW: 3 Shelduck, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Peregrine (eBird)

• Kew Gdns: m Pochard, m Mandarin Duck, 4 Little Grebe, Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 19 Stock Dove, 2 Redwing, m Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Siskin (Neil Anderson)

• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": ad Lesser Black-backed Gull, 270+ Herring Gull, 120+ Black-headed Gull, Red Kite, Buzzard (Neil Batten)

• London Wetland Centre: Brambling, 8 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, 11 Siskin, 3 Redpoll, 2 Chiffchaff, Bittern, Black-tailed Godwit, Oystercatcher, Little Grebe, 2 Shelduck, 71 Wigeon, 65 Shoveler (WWT)

• Malden Rushett: 2 Red Kite at 08.29 (Neil Batten)

• Tottenham Marshes: Dartford Warbler [still on brambles on Wild Marsh West], 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Kestrel, Little Egret (Richard Beesly)

• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Mandarin Duck, Jack Snipe, 2 Woodcock, 25 Common Gull, Red Kite, Little Owl, 20 Rook, 5 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, Mistle Thrush, 100 Redwing, 18 Fieldfare, 5 Bullfinch, Siskin (Samuel Levy)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: Red-necked Grebe on Lockwood Reservoir visible from public area, Black Redstart flew over (Walthamstow Birders)

Thursday 13th February

• Beddington Farmlands: 7 Shelduck, 2 Water Rail, 21 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Mediterranean Gull, Buzzard, Barn Owl, 13 Skylark, Firecrest, 3 Stonechat, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Water Pipit, 9 Reed Bunting (eBird)

• Bow Creek: 2 Common Sandpiper (eBird)

• Crossness: Barn Owl (Sam Reason)

• Denham CP: Red-necked Grebe, Red Kite (eBird)

• East India Dock Basin: 17 Shelduck, 6 Teal (eBird)

• Greenford to Ealing Hospital "Brent corridor": 6 Teal [3 pr], 7 Mandarin Duck, f Peregrine, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming, 13 Song Thrush [incl 10 singing], Mistle Thrush singing, 9 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)

• KGV Reservoir: Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, 20+ Little Grebe, Scaup, 3 Pochard, 100+ Tufted Duck, 20+ Goldeneye, 20+ Gadwall, 2 Teal, 17 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Buzzard, 2 Song Thrush, 18 Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull (Mark Thomas/Marco Johnson/Tim Harris/Nick Croft et al)

• Lee Valley, Holyfield: Green-winged Teal on shallow pond south of the Goose Field, 2 Shelduck (WDC Volunteers)

• Lee Valley, Seventy Acres: Bittern, Water Rail, Peregrine, Cetti's Warbler (WDC Volunteers).

• London Wetland Centre: Black-tailed Godwit, Oystercatcher, 9 Siskin, Redpoll, Little Grebe, 62 Wigeon, 74 Shoveler, 2 Snipe (WWT)

• Oxleas Wood: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, Woodcock, 9 Goldcrest, 5 Firecrest (Ron Turner)

• Pinner "The Croft": Green Woodpecker, 15+ Redwing, 6 Goldfinch (Nigel Barratt)

• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 4 Egyptian Goose, 5 Teal, Jack Snipe [Owl Field], 25 Common Gull, Red Kite, Buzzard, Little Owl, 2 Tawny Owl, 150+ Magpie into roost, 20 Rook, Coal Tit, 2 Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Mistle Thrush, 100 Redwing, 15 Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail, 6 Meadow Pipit, 7 Bullfinch, 11 Siskin (Samuel Levy)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: Shelduck, Goldeneye, Pheasant, Common Sandpiper, Buzzard (eBird)

• Warren Farm: Red Kite, 3 Kestrel, 4 Meadow Pipit, 15 Redwing, 6 Rook, 9 Linnet (Neil Anderson)

Wednesday 12th February

• Amwell GP NR: Smew [redhead from viewpoint], 6 Red-crested Pochard, 5 Goldeneye, Wigeon, 75+ Lapwing, 12 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 8 Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, Nuthatch, Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Redwing, Coal Tit, Goldcrest, 2 Pheasant (Richard Beesly)

• Beddington Farmlands: 3 Shelduck, Pheasant, Oystercatcher, 5 Golden Plover, 53 Lapwing, Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, Mediterranean Gull, Raven, 7 Skylark, 2 Redwing, Fieldfare, 4 Meadow Pipit, 4 Water Pipit, Reed Bunting (eBird)

• Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)

• Denham CP: Red-necked Grebe close to bank when I arrived, but it vanished when I came back? Kingfisher, 4 Gadwall, 6 Shoveler, Red Kite (Michael Mac)

• Ickenham Marsh: 15 Fieldfare feeding w/ c100 Starling, 5 Redwing, 2 Red Kite, Grey Heron, Little Egret, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Siskin (Nigel Dodd)

• KGV Reservoir: Black-throated Diver, Slavonian Grebe, m Smew, m Scaup, m Black Redstart, Black-necked Grebe, 1+ Great Northern Diver, Raven, Oystercatcher (David Bradshaw)

• London Wetland Centre: 2 Bearded Tit, 5 Redpoll, 10+ Siskin, 16 Redwing, 70+ Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, Bittern, Little Grebe, 62 Wigeon, 74 Shoveler (WWT)

• Motspur Park: Chiffchaff (Bob Smith)

• Northolt & Greenford CP: 3 Shoveler, 4 Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, 2 Grey Wagtail pr, Meadow Pipit, Redwing, 4 Chaffinch (Neil Anderson/Kathryn Bull)

• Old Farm Park: 10+ Redwing (Conrad Ellam)

• Perivale, UB6: m Sparrowhawk, 3 Siskin near in hedge near feeder in garden also 5 Green, Red Kite, Redwing (Andrew Peel)

• Oxleas Wood: Song Thrush, 5 Firecrest, 2 Nuthatch (Ron Turner)

• Sue Godfrey Nature Reserve, Deptford: Peregrine, 6 Linnets (Rebecca Torry / Geoff Torry)

• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: Teal, Kestrel, 2 Redwing, Chiffchaff, Firecrest [Dollis Brook], 2 Treecreeper (John Colmans]

• Totteridge Green: 3 Siskin, 5 Greenfinch (Tony Clancy]

• Totteridge Valley "Owl Field": 3 Hawfinch 4 Bullfinch, 100+ Redwing on Cricket Pitch by Nursery, Little Owl calling by Laurel pond (Tony Clancy)

• Yeading Brook Meadows: c90 Common Gull, 3 Red Kite, Buzzard, Kestrel, Little Egret, 2 Teal, 4 Redwing, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Chaffinch (Nigel Dodd)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: Common Sandpiper (eBird)

• Waterworks NR: Red Kite over (eBird)

Tuesday 11th February

• Beddington Farmlands: 6 Shelduck, 3 Pintail, 3 Water Rail, 40 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 17 Skylark, Firecrest, 5 Meadow Pipit, 3 Water Pipit, 7 Reed Bunting (eBird)

• Bushy Park: 2 Linnet, f Sparrowhawk, 5 Kestrel (John Strachan)

• Denham CP: Red-necked Grebe, 30 Siskin, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail (Nicholas Barnett)

• King George V Reservoir "S Basin": Great Northern Diver, Black-necked Grebe, 10 Little Grebe, 10 Goldeneye, m Smew [relocated in direction of N Basin], 2 Goosander pr on adjacent River Lea, Little Egret, 5 Meadow Pipit; Slavonian Grebe N Basin (Tony Stones)

• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Little Egret low SW 1435 (Neil Batten)

• London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 17 Siskin, 4 Fieldfare, Chiffchaff, Kestrel, Little Grebe, 79 Lapwing (WWT)

• Millwall Park: f Kestrel flew N towards Mudchute Farm (Brodie Adu-Yeboah)

• Oxleas Wood: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 6 Treecreeper, 12 Goldcrest, 6 Firecrest, 2 Jackdaw (Ron Turner)

• Rainham Marshes: 12 Pintail, Water Rail, 2 Curlew, 76 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Snipe, Dunlin, Raven, Bearded Tit, Stonechat (eBird)

• St Paul's Cray: c25 Siskin feeding in alders along Chipperfield Road (Jack Headley)

• Totteridge Valley: 3 Firecrest, 2 Mistle Thrush, Hawfinch, 9 Bullfinch, Lesser Redpoll, Coot, 32 Common Gull, 12 Rook, 2 Skylark, 6 Goldcrest, 85 Redwing, 15 Fieldfare, 20 Siskin (Samuel Levy)

• Walthamstow Marshes: Brambling [Lee Valley Riding Centre paddocks], Siberian Chiffchaff [by Coppermill Lane filter beds], 2 Stonechat, 12 Meadow Pipit, 20+ Linnet, 20+ Redwing, 3 Greenfinch, Green Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Teal, 2 Shoveler (Richard Beesly)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: Barnacle Goose, Goldeneye, Little Egret (eBird)

Monday 10th February

• Beddington Farmlands: 6 Shelduck, Wigeon, Water Rail, 50 Lapwing, Jack Snipe, 5 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, Mediterranean Gull, Rook, 3 Skylark, 68 Redwing, 2 Reed Bunting, 3 Stonechat, 6 Meadow Pipit, 2 Water Pipit (eBird)

• Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)

• Bushy Park: 3 Dartford Warbler (John Strachan)

• Epping Forest "Connaught Water": Kingfisher, 5 Goosander [2m 3f], 2 Great Crested Grebe, [2 Ringed Teal], 5 Cormorant, 5 Grey Heron (RSa)

• Fairlop Water CP: 27 Golden Plover, 24 Lapwing, 20 Redwing (eBird)

• Kentish Town "Gaisford Street": Chiffchaff showing well & calling in back garden this morning (Pete Mantle)

• London Wetland Centre: Oystercatcher, 10 Redwing, 8 Siskin, Little Grebe, 73 Lapwing (WWT)

• Oxleas Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jackdaw, 4 Goldcrest, 3 Firecrest, 2 Treecreeper (Ron Turner)

• Tooting Common: f Ferruginous Duck still (eBird)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: Barnacle Goose, 3 Shelduck, Water Rail (eBird)

• Welling, DA16: 3 Blackcap inc 2 males (Ron Turner)

• West Heath, DA7: Sparrowhawk over Canberra Road (Tim Rymer)

Sunday 9th February

• Beddington Farmlands: 7 Shelduck, 3 Water Rail, 2 Green Sandpiper, 55 Lapwing, 10 Snipe, Little Egret, Nuthatch, Firecrest, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Water Pipit, 4 Reed Bunting (eBird)

• Bostall Heath: 2 Firecrest, Jay (Tim Rymer)

• Brent Reservoir: Snipe, 2 Great Black-backed Gull pr, 9 active Grey Heron nests on North Bank, 149 Common Gull [146 on West Hendon Playing Fields], 7 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 24 Teal, 51 Pochard, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe, Chiffchaff, 3 singing Song Thrush, (Bob Husband, RSPB Group Leader, et al NW London RSPB Group monthly Birdwalk); Water Rail, 16 Snipe (eBird)

• Clam Field Recreation Ground: Kestrel (Tim Rymer)

• Denham CP: Red-necked Grebe long staying bird still (eBird)

• Greenwich Ecology Park: Kestrel, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting (John Bushell/Conrad Ellam/Richard Green)

• Iver: 2 Spur-winged Geese feeding in field with Canada Geese, escapees? (Nigel Barratt)

• London Wetland Centre: Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2 Shelduck, 13 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, Little Grebe, 60+ Lapwing (WWT)

• Rainham Marshes: 3 Shelduck, 53 Black-tailed Godwit, 101 Redshank, Knot, 400 Dunlin, Yellow-legged Gull, Skylark, 2 Redwing, Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting (eBird)

• Ten Acre Wood area, 5 Teal, 5 Pheasant [4m f], 2 Little Egret, 4+ Red Kite, Kestrel, c90 Common Gull, 6+ Skylark, 3 Stonechat, 5 Redwing, 3 Redpoll, Bullfinch heard [probably 2 together] (Neil Anderson)

• Tooting Common: f Ferruginous Duck, c20 Redwing, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Tim Rymer)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: Barnacle Goose, 3 Shelduck, 15 Teal, 3 Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, 3 Great Black-backed Gull (eBird)

• West Heath, DA7: Sparrowhawk over Brampton Road (Tim Rymer)

• Yeading Brook meadows: 3 Red Kite, 2 Snipe, 73 Common Gull, c25 Redwing (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 8th February

• Battersea Park: 2 Tawny Owl [3 Blackbird mobbing owl], 4 Song Thrush singing (Michael Mac)

• Beddington Farmlands: 5 Shelduck, 10 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit (eBird)

• Broadwater Lake: 2 Red-crested Pochard, Goosander, Kingfisher (eBird)

• Burnt Oak (Watling Park): Nuthatch, Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Little Egret, 2 Moorhen (Deb Jackson)

• Bushy Park: Firecrest, Water Rail calling, Woodcock [flushed by Red Fox] (John Strachan)

• Holland Park: Firecrest [on E side at approx https://maps.app.goo.gl/Jr5UUQAy3xNS4tJs7] (Bill Haines)

• Lesnes Abbey Woods: 2 Firecrest, Nuthatch, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay (Tim Rymer)

• London Wetland Centre: Oystercatcher, 2 Shelduck, Little Grebe, 35 Teal, 60 Wigeon, 65 Lapwing (WWT)

• Northolt & Greenford CP: 3 Shoveler, 2 Red Kite, Kestrel, Grey Wagtail, Redwing (Neil Anderson)

• Oxleas Wood: Green Woodpecker, Redwing, 5 Goldcrest, 9 Firecrest, Buzzard, Treecreeper (Ron Turner)

• Richmond Park: Dartford Warbler (D Brasier)

• RSPB Rainham Marshes: 17 Avocet, Oystercatcher, 3 Grey Plover, Curlew, 50 Black-tailed Godwit, 125 Common Snipe, Dunlin, 4 Great crested Grebe, Sparrowhawk, 6 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 2 Raven, 2 Chiffchaff, Firecrest, Water pipit, 3 Rock Pipit (Samuel Levy et al)

• Shoreham Woods: 2 Raven (Conrad Ellam)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: Barnacle Goose, 3 Shelduck, Teal, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Lapwing, Buzzard, Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaff, Stonechat, Reed Bunting (eBird)

• Welling, DA16: Sparrowhawk, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Blackcap inc 2 males (Ron Turner)

• Epping Forest "Whitehall Plain": 2 Little Egret (Jez Dagley)

Friday 7th February

• Bow Creek: Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Cetti's Warbler, 4 Shelduck, 71 Teal, Great Black-backed Gull (Tim Bray)

• East India Dock Basin: 21 Shelduck (Tim Bray)

• Greenford "UB6": 2 m Blackcap in garden [at least one present every day for last month] (Neil Anderson)

• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Red Kite (Neil Batten)

• London Wetland Centre: Oystercatcher (Shailesh Patel); 2 Mandarin Duck, 2 Shelduck, 59 Lapwing, 2 Common Snipe, Yellow-legged Gull, Sparrowhawk, 2 Bearded Tit, 2 Water Pipit, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Siskin, Reed Bunting (Samuel Levy & Humphrey Keeper)

Thursday 6th February

• Abney Park Cemetery: 2 Firecrest, Sparrowhawk, Coal Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay (Richard Beesly)

• Barking Riverside: f Black Redstart [between ferry pier & container city on wasteland], 68 Black-tailed Godwit, 17 Redshank, Curlew, 4 Snipe, Oystercatcher, 37 Teal, 2 Gadwall, 10 Shelduck, Yellow-legged Gull, 9 Meadow Pipit, Song Thrush, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 22 Linnet, 25 Goldfinch, Buzzard (Nick Croft/Mark Thomas)

• Beckton Creekside & Sewage Works: 8 Shelduck, Teal, 4 Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 8 Redshank, 2 Buzzard, 2 Redwing, 11 Meadow Pipit, 6 Reed Bunting (eBird)

• Beddington Farmlands: 3 Shelduck, 2 Water Rail. 28 Lapwing, Jack Snipe, 17 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 10 Little Egret, Rook, 2 Raven, 2 Skylark, Firecrest, 2 Stonechat, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Water Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting (eBird)

• Bexley, DA16: 2 m Blackcap (Ron Turner)

• Brookmill Park: Kingfisher, 4 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)

• Fairlop Water CP: 34 Golden Plover, 29 Lapwing, Buzzard, 20 Redwing (eBird)

• Kew Gardens: 2 m Shoveler, m Pochard, 4 Little Grebe, c80 Redwing, m Blackcap, Nuthatch, 16 Siskin (Neil Anderson)

• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Red Kite, 2 Buzzard (Neil Batten)

• Leyton Jubilee Park [is the official name for this site. No need for commas. Thnx]: Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail (G James)

• Lee Valley, Seventy Acres Lake: Black-tailed Godwit (WDC Volunteers)

• London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 12 Siskin, 66 Wigeon, 70 Lapwing (WWT)

• Oxleas Wood: 6 Goldcrest, 12 Firecrest, Coal Tit (Ron Turner)

• Rainham Marshes: Water Pipit, Barn Owl hunting at west end of reserve, Dartford Warbler calling in same area at dusk (Paul Gerard)

• Richmond Park: Kestrel, 2 Stonechat, m Pochard, 2 Grey Heron nesting (Francis O'Sullivan)

• Theydon Bois "Countryside in front of Blunts Farm": Dartford Warbler, Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel , 7 Snipe, 3 Skylark, Pheasant flushed (RSa)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: 3 Shelduck, Common Sandpiper (eBird)

• Windsor Open Space: Firecrest, Little Egret, 2 Goldcrest (Samuel Levy)

Wednesday 5th February

• Beddington Farmlands: Shelducik, 2 Water Rail, 52 Lapwing, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Firecrest, 2 Stonechat (eBird)

• Bexley: 2 m Blackcap (Ron Turner)

• Brockwell Park: 40 House Sparrow [26 at Brixton Water Lane gate], 8 Common Gull, 31 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, 90 Redwing [incl a flock of 80 which flew off NE from treetops], 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker. The Little Owl roost tree has been felled/fallen over? & been sectioned for removal - I hope the owl/s can find accommodation in another suitable tree elsewhere in the Park (Tony Stones)

• Brookmill Park: Kingfisher (Conrad Ellam)

• Crossness, Thames Path: 2 Kestrel, Kingfisher, c200 Common Gull, c500 Starling, Teal, Shoveler, Shelduck (Sam Reason)

• Fairlop Water CP: 30 Golden Plover, 25 Lapwing (eBird)

• KGV Reservoir: 2 Great Northern Diver, Black-throated Diver, m Smew, m Scaup, m Goosander, 3 Black-necked Grebe, Yellow-legged Gull, Raven (Mike Messinger & Mike Oakland); 15 Goldeneye, Slavonian Grebe (eBird)

• London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, Little Grebe, 22 Water Rail, 68 Wigeon, 4 Snipe, 70 Lapwing, 16 Siskin, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 11 Redwing (WWT)

• Northolt, UB5: Red Kite, 2 Greenfinch (Nigel Barratt)

• Oxleas Wood: 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20+ Redwing, 4 Goldcrest, 5 Firecrest, 4 Jackdaw (Ron Turner)

• Poulters Park: 15 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 3 Grey Wagtail, Cetti’s Warbler (Paul Goodman)

• Richmond Park: 4 Buzzard together, 4 Stonechat [2 pr], 2 Dartford Warbler, c30 Redwing, 3 Reed Bunting (Neil Anderson)

• Tooting Common: f Ferringious Duck still (eBird)

• Totteridge Valley/Darlands Lake: 4 Egyptian Goose, 28 Common Gull, Red Kite, Buzzard, 2 Little Owl, Kestrel, 12 Rook, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 2 Mistle Thrush, 9 Redwing (Samuel Levy)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: 3 Shelduck, Common Sandpiper (eBird)

Tuesday 4th February

• Battersea Power Station: 2 Peregrine, Black Redstart (eBird)

• Bow Creek: Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 25 Teal (eBird)

• Brookmill Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Redwing (Conrad Ellam)

• Chinbrook Meadows: Red Kite, Buzzard (David Slater)

• Clapham Common: 300 Common Gull, 80 Black-headed Gull, Mediterranean Gull, 60 Starling (Tony Stones)

• East India Dock Basin: 24 Shelduck, 7 Teal, 6 Great Black-backed Gull (eBird)

• Erith: 2 Peregrine (Sam Reason)

• Ham Village: Red Kite (Tony Stones)

• Leatherhead "Randalls Way": Red Kite, 50+ Herring Gull (Neil Batten)

• London Wetland Centre: 17 Siskin, Lesser Redpoll, Little Grebe, Peregrine, 6 Goldfinch, 63 Wigeon, 70 Lapwing (WWT)

• Rainham Marshes: Dartford Warbler (Andrew Self)

• Richmond: Red Kite (Tony Stones)

• Tooting Common: f Ferringious Duck still (eBird)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: Goldeneye (eBird)

• Wanstead Park: 2 Firecrest, Nuthatch, 16 Redwing, 13 Song Thrush, 4 Blackbird, 8 Stock Dove, 19 Siskin, Chaffinch, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Tawny Owl, Kingfisher, 5 Little Grebe, 7 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 16 Pochard, 12 Tufted Duck, Little Egret (Nick Croft/Mark Thomas)

Monday 3rd February

• Beddington Farmlands: 2 Shelduck, 2 Lapwing, Water Rail, Firecrest, 2 Redwing (eBird)

• Fairlop Waters CP: 30 Golden Plover, 28 Lapwing (eBird)

• Hounslow Heath: Woodcock at 16.45 (Andy Roberts)

• KGV Reservoir: 12 Goldeneye, 3 Black-necked Grebe, Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Diver (eBird)

• London Wetland Centre: 2 Shelduck, 57 Wigeon, 71 Lapwing (WWT)

• Tooting Common: Ferruginous Duck (Conrad Ellam)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: 2 Shelduck, 6 Teal, 7 Pochard, Common Sandpiper (eBird)

• Warren Farm: Buzzard, Lapwing low E, Little Owl, 5 Meadow Pipit, 16 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush pr, 4 Rook, 4 Greenfinch (Neil Anderson)

Sunday 2nd February

• Beddington Farmlands: 2 Shelduck, 4 Water Rail, 53 Lapwing, Jack Snipe, 7 Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Firecrest, 2 Stonechat, 8 Meadow Pipit, 4 Water Pipit, Coal Tit, 3 Reed Bunting (eBird)

• Beckenham Place Park: 6 Little Grebe, 2 Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Peregrine, 2 Kestrel, 3 Redwing (Samuel Levy et al)

• Crossness Sewage Works: 6 Lapwing, 4 Snipe, Redwing, Fieldfare (eBird); 7 Buzzard, Peregrine, Shoveler, Teal, Redshank, Cetti's Warbler, Linnet (Sam Reason)

• Epping Forest "Chingford Plain": Great White Egret NW, Sparrowhawk, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, 2 Buzzard, 7 Redwing, Kestrel, Greenfinch (RSa)

• Fryent CP: Little Egret, Meadow Pipit, Fieldfare, Common Gull (J Carter)

• Kew Gardens: 2 Firecrest (D Brasier)

• KGV Reservoir: Scaup, 8 Goldeneye, m Smew, Slavonian Grebe, 3 Black-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, Black-throated Diver, Great White Egret, 2 Raven (eBird)

• London Wetland Centre: Bittern, 60+ Wigeon, 60+ Shoveler, 55 Lapwing, Kestrel (WWT)

• Rainham Marshes: 13 Shelduck, 53 Wigeon, 21 Pintail, 13 Teal, 113 Lapwing, Jack Snipe, 11 Snipe, Little Egret, 13 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 5 Stonechat (eBird)

• Richmond Park: 2 Dartford Warbler, 6 Golden Plover E, 2 Raven, 2 Firecrest (D Brasier)

• Staines Moor: 2 Short-eared Owl, Barn Owl (Michael Robinson)

• Ten Acre Wood area: 9 Teal, 2 m Pheasant, Little Egret, 3 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 4 Stock Dove, 8 Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipit, 13 Pied Wagtail, Rook, m Bullfinch (Neil Anderson)

• Tooting Common: f Ferruginous Duck still (eBird)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: 3 Shelduck, 3 Goldeneye, Goosander, Kingfisher, Common Sandpiper, Stonechat (eBird)

• Yeading Brook meadows: 7 Teal, 3 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Snipe, 100+ Common Gull (Neil Anderson)

Saturday 1st February

• Abney Park Cemetery: 1, possibly 2 Firecrest in mixed tit flock in area NE of chapel (Quentin Given)

• Barking Riverside: 3 Shelduck, 7 Teal, Curlew, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Common Sandpiper, 13 Redshank, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 20 Meadow Pipit (Tim Bray)

• Beddington Farmlands: 110 Teal, 3 Water Rail, 26 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 3 Little Egret, Tawny Owl, Fieldfare, Redpoll (eBird)

• Brent Reservoir: Water Rail, 11 Snipe, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Goldcrest (eBird)

• Greenwich Ecology Park: Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler (Conrad Ellam)

• KGV Reservoir: 15 Barnacle Goose, Scaup, 15 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, Slavonian Grebe, 3 Black-necked Grebe, Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Diver, 2 Stonechat (eBird)

• London Wetland Centre: Shelduck, Water Rail, 3 Redwing, 70 Lapwing (WWT)

• Motspur Park: Firecrest (Charlie alpera per Bob Smith)

• Rainham Marshes: 2 Shelduck, 3 Teal, Marsh Harrier, 12 Redwing, Stonechat (eBird)

• Tooting Common: f Ferruginous Duck still (eBird)

• Walthamstow Wetlands: 13 Barnacle Goose over, 3 Shelduck, Teal, Goldeneye, Water Rail, Common Sandpiper (eBird)

• Waterworks NR, Leyton: Siskin, f Kestrel (G James)